Land-roller.



PATBNTED MAY 8, 1906 R. S. BUSH.

LAND ROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.22,1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROYER S. BUGH, OF ELIZABETHTOWVN, PENN SYLVAN IA.

LAN D-ROLLER.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RoYER S. Boon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elizabethtown, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Land-Roller, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to land-rollers.

The object of the invention is to improve the manner of supporting the roller from the frame, whereby the connection between the parts shall be of exceedingly stable character and repairs in case of breakage shall be facilitated.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a land-roller, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a land-roller constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views showing two different ways of connectin the tongue or pole with the frame of the rol er. Fig. 5 is a collective detail view in perspective, exhibiting the bracket and journal-bearin for connecting the rollershaft with the frame.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a sill-beam, which is preferably made of heavy timber and is disposed in front of and above the roller 2, which may be of the usual or any preferred construction. The sill-beam is connected with the shaft 3 of the roller by means of two brackets 4, which are preferably skeleton one-piece structures, and each is provided at one end with an approximately rectangular open-sided socket 5 to receive the sill-beam and the other end with an approximately rectangular open-sided socket 6 to receive the shaft-bearing 7. Each of the sockets projects laterally from the web 8 of the bracket, and the socket 5 is provided at its bottom with a pair of orifices 9 to receive bolts 10, by which the sill-beam and the bracket are connected. The socket 6 is formed of a base plate 6 having a depending side extension o and end extension 6. Openings 11 are formed in the end extension 6 to receive bolts 12, projecting through openings 13 in bearing 7, and these bolts thus Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 22. 1905. Serial No. 288,557.

ratenteo. May 8, 1906.

serve to securely clamp the bearing within the socket. By the provision of the brackets 4 a cheap and thoroughly eflicient form of support is provided for the sill-beam and one that will be positive in securing the proper assemblage of the parts. Furthermore, by having the sockets open-sided and approximately rectangular in shape the beam 1 and bearings 7 will be positively held against turning, thereby insuring stability of the apparatus as a whole.

Mounted upon the upper side of the sillbeam and centrally thereof is a pole 141, which is held in position by one or more bolts 15. The pole, as shown in Fig 2, projects over the roller and serves as a support for a seat 16, that is supported therefrom by standards 17, bolted to the pole. In order to brace the pole against any tendency to swing when sidewise pressure is applied thereto, as when the horses are turning the roller in a curve, suitable braces 18 are employed, the forward ends of which are bolted at 19 to the sill-beam and their rear ends at 20 to the under side of the pole. As shown in Fig. 1, the braces 18 are flat but, if preferred, they may be twisted bars of metal 21, as shown in Fig. 3, or flat plates of metal 22, as shown in Fig. 4. In either case, however, the braces are secured to the sill-beams and to the rear end of the pole.

The weight 23 is provided with an extension 2%, having a semicircular seat therein to engage the shaft, and combined with the extension is a cap 25, havin a curved lip 26, that engages a similarly-s aped seat or recess 27 in the weight. Both the extension and the lip are provided with an orifice through which passes a bolt 28 to hold the two parts assembled. By reason of the coaction between the lip 26 and the seat 27 it will be unnecessary to employ more than a single bolt for securing the weight in position, whereby the construction of the weight is simplified and its attachment with the shaft is rendered easy.

Importance is attached to the fact that the plates 6 of the brackets bear upon the bearing-blocks, because as a result of this arrangement the -bolts 12 are relieved of all strain or pressure caused by the weight of the machine, and equal importance is attached to the provision of the rear depending extensimple in character, will be found thoroughly efficient for the purposes designed and may be readily applied to a roller already in use without requiring any change whatever in its structural arrangement.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed is- 1. The combination with a land-roller and a shaft extending therethrough; of a sillbeam, inclined brackets at the ends of and extending downward from the sill-beam, sockets at the upper ends of the brackets to constitute seats for the ends of the sill-beam, said sockets and beam being detachably connected, a base-plate at the lower end of each bracket and having an integral depending extension at the outer side and rear end of the plate, a bearing block seated snugly against each base-plate and the depending extensions thereof, and means Within the bearing-blocks and the rear extensions of the base-plates for securing said blocks, the shaft of the roller extending through the blocks and side extensions.

2 In a land-roller, the combination with a roller and a shaft supported thereby; of bearing-blocks upon the shaft, a base-plate bearing upon the top of each bearing-block, said base-plate having a depending side and end extension overlapping the bearing block, said side extension having an opening to receive the shaft, means for securing the bearing-blocks to the end extension, sill-beam sockets constituting seats for the ends of the beam and Webs integral with and connecting the sockets and base-plates.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ROYER S. BUCH.

Witnesses:

BARBARA BRUBAKER, BESSIE M. RIDER. 

